Nicole Brown
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Nostalgia Train returns for Yankees' playoff games
Yankees fans heading to the playoff games Friday and Saturday can arrive aboard a 102-year-old train. To celebrate the Bronx Bombers’ postseason, the New York Transit Museum is rolling out its IRT Lo- → Read More
Videos show carriage drivers violating hack line rule
Horse-drawn carriage drivers in Manhattan were caught on video in apparent violation of a rule restricting where they can pick up passengers. Earlier this year, the city implemented a rule that moved → Read More
NYPD cop Brian Mulkeen to be laid to rest Friday
NYPD officer Brian Mulkeen, who was killed by friendly fire during a struggle with a suspect in the Bronx Sunday, will be laid to rest this week. Mulkeen, of Yorktown Heights, New York, was shot twic → Read More
How to vote early in New York City: NYCurious
This is part of our NYCurious series, where we answer your burning questions about the city. Ask yours here. For the first time, New Yorkers will have the option to vote early. Ahead of Election Day o → Read More
Where do peregrine falcons live in New York City? NYCurious
This is part of our NYCurious series, where we answer your burning questions about the city. Ask yours here. The fastest animal on the planet has a home right in New York City. The peregrine falcon, → Read More
Ad for MTA bus lane enforcement sparks jokes on social media: 'Vaporizing cameras?'
A gif informing drivers that their vehicles will be photographed if they’re blocking city bus lanes is causing laughs on social media. The MTA and Department of Transportation announced Monday that au → Read More
E-bike rider dies 10 days after being hit by truck: Cops
An e-bike rider who was hit by a garbage truck in Brooklyn died 10 days after the collision, police said. Abul Bashar, 62, was riding north on the sidewalk along Third Avenue in Gowanus on Sept. 8. H → Read More
Mayor de Blasio drops out of 2020 presidential race
Mayor Bill de Blasio has ended his 2020 bid for the presidency. “I feel like I’ve contributed all I can to this primary election and it’s clearly not my time, so I’m going to end my presidential campa → Read More
Reopening of 67th Street Library delayed
The reopening of the 67th Street Library on the Upper East Side is being delayed because of water damage caused by heavy rains this summer, city officials said. The New York Public Library branch, lo → Read More
'Don't snitch. Swipe': Guerrilla MTA ads defend fare evaders
Guerrilla MTA ads urging New Yorkers not to “snitch” on fare evaders have popped up on subway trains and in stations. The ads use the MTA’s logo and mimic signs the agency posted after announcing a c → Read More
6 fast facts about presidential candidate Andrew Yang
Presidential candidate Andrew Yang has established himself as an “outsider” candidate, and he was the only non-politician to qualify for the third Democratic debate last week. Days after the debate, → Read More
Police officer shot on Staten Island: Source
A police officer was shot on Staten Island Tuesday morning, a law enforcement source said. The NYPD was responding to a call of an officer shot at about 8:45 a.m. on Prince Street, near Mickardan Cou → Read More
Queens liquor store owners to protest Total Wine shop
Queens liquor and wine shop owners will rally against a proposed Total Wine & More store Monday evening. The planned location for the Total Wine store is a 30,000-square-foot former Toys ‘R’ Us at 30 → Read More
Design of statue of Elizabeth Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth released
The design for a proposed women’s suffrage monument slated to go up in Central Park next year was released Monday morning. Originally featuring Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, the creator → Read More
Public hearing will discuss women's suffrage monument
The yet-to-be-released design of a women’s suffrage monument slated to go up in Central Park next year will be discussed at a public hearing on Monday. The monument, originally of Elizabeth Cady Stant → Read More
Queens liquor stores won't be able to compete with Total Wine: Owners
An independent such as Liquor & Wine Warehouse in Corona, owner Alex Melamudov said, simply "cannot compete with the business model of Total Wine, a multi-tier, multi-state chain operation." → Read More
Watch the 9/11 ceremony live
The annual 9/11 commemoration ceremony began in lower Manhattan Wednesday morning, marking 18 years since the terror attacks. The ceremony, on the 9/11 Memorial plaza at the World Trade Center, start → Read More
What to know about the state's new license plate
This is part of our NYCurious series, where we answer your burning questions about the city. Ask yours here. The New York license plate will soon have a new look. Residents chose among five designs in → Read More
3,758 backpacks made to look like graveyard outside UN
More than 3,700 backpacks were set up to look like gravestones next to the United Nations on Sunday, in a striking installation meant to bring attention to child deaths around the world. The 3,758 bac → Read More
Rat infestation in Prospect Heights is 'a health crisis'
It started with one building. One Prospect Heights building and an adjacent lot overrun with rats. “Over the course of the day, we’d see like 15-20 rodents in just one part of the block,” Carol Morris → Read More